Police say they fired between 65 and 75 rounds when they entered an employee banquet at the Inland Regional Center building.
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“We have… uncovered evidence that has led us to learn of extensive planning, obviously we uncovered evidence of explosives, multiple armaments”, he said.
“Based on the information and the facts as we know them, we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism”, David Bowdich, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said Friday. The San Bernardino Police officers Department additionally handed over the direct investigation to the FBI.”There’s a assortment of items of proof in that has pushed this off the cliff”, Bowdich asserted at a news conference this afternoon in San Bernardino.
The claim came moments about the FBI official leading the investigation in California disclosed that the Wednesday attack is being investigated as an act of terrorism, on the heels of new fears about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
A US Federal Law Enforcement Official said the two had contact with people from at least two militant organizations overseas, including the Al Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria. The shooting might have elements of workplace violence, since the male assailant worked there and apparently was angered at a Christmas party, but the FBI is handling the case as a counterterrorism investigation.
The official said they are establishing a national hotline for tips.
On Friday, Farouk and Malik’s home became a surreal media circus when the landlord allowed access. The director, however, declined to say how they obtained the weapons were transferred to the killers.
Relatives said Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet his wife. Those cell phones were actually crushed. Our expectation is, is that this may take some time before we’re able to sort it all through.
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“We kept think LA, OC, NY, and here we are our lovely little university town”, said Ellen Berry, the resident.
